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Posted July 3, 2009
Water, history muddy Greeley pipeline project
Greeley has a few holes to plug before it can proceed with its water pipeline project. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Corps studies cumulative effects of four water projects
Water projects in northern Colorado have multiplied like rabbits in the last few years. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
LaPorte leaders push district for local library
An actual, bricks-and-mortar, honest-to-God library: that's what the LaPorte Area Planning and Advisory Committee wants for its community. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Social justice study gets results
Lessons to last a lifetime: that's what ninth graders at Cache La Poudre Junior High took away from their pre-advanced placement English class this past spring with teacher Carron Silva. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Wellington considers IGA
Larimer County officials should expect to hear numerous complaints about Wellington's growth management area when the county holds its public hearing in September. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Red Feather PAC sets open house on road issues
Red Feather Lakes residents and property owners will have an opportunity to weigh in on how to deal with a variety of road issues, from maintenance to legal surveys. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Mother Nature pounds county with rain and hail
Enough already. While most everyone, including farmers, greeted the June rains with enthusiasm, there can be too much of a good thing. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Petitioners again seek arts and cultural tax district
Proponents are starting sooner and taking a new tack in seeking a taxing district to fund area arts, cultural and scientific organizations. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Horse business study continues
About 40 county residents turned out for two public meetings that reported the progress of a Larimer County study on revising regulations for horse businesses. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Plans ready for new Poudre Canyon fire stations
Plans are underway to bring the Poudre Canyon Fire Protection District into the 21st century, thanks to voter approval of a mill levy increase last November. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Waverly Station needs volunteers
Wellington Fire Protection District is actively recruiting emergency responders for the Waverly Fire Station at the intersection of County Roads 15 and 66. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Gryphon: Working dog has high moral compass
Picture Lassie with a buzz cut. Now, multiply that famous on-screen dog's deep devotion to its master a few dozen times over. Finally, add a service dog vest--and it's Gryphon. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Local communities offer Fourth of July with flair
With July 4 on a Saturday this year, small towns in northern Larimer County will be hopping with holiday festivities. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Succulents easy to grow indoors
I often marvel at how carefree the succulent collection at The Gardens on Spring Creek is to maintain. So what are succulents, you may ask? They are some of nature's most fascinating plants. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Lessons from the locusts
Most people know about the near extinction of the American bison that reduced perhaps 30 million animals to a few hundred individuals in the 1880s. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Kayaker uses sport to commune with nature
Livermore resident Susan Howe has been messing about in boats all her life. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Poudre Canyon addresses retained
Residents living along Poudre Canyon Highway will be able to keep their road name. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
LaPorte to keep county road name
Larimer County Commissioners have rejected the idea to hold a public hearing on renaming County Road 54G through LaPorte. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Russian knapweed invades county
Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) is a perennial weed species of the composite family becoming increasingly more common in pastures and rangeland of Larimer County. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

Posted July 3, 2009
Wellington Library
Be Creative @ Your Library, the 2009 summer reading program, is in full swing at the Wellington Public Library. [Full Story] [Top of Page]

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